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Amount vs. Number

See complete definition in Reverso Define, with examples
amount
Definition

a quantity of money (or other non-count noun)

Examples

the amount he had in cash was insufficient

See complete definition in Reverso Define, with examples
number
Definition

a quantity of (used with of) count nouns

Examples

he had a number of chores to do

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